PT-2006-6871 · Serendipity · Serendipity

Kacper · Published 2006-12-03 · Updated 2017-10-19 · CVE-2006-6242

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Serendipity versions 1.0.3 and earlier

Description The issue allows remote attackers to read or include arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) sequence in the serendipity[charset] parameter. This affects multiple scripts and plugins, including include/lang.inc.php and various serendipity event and serendipity plugin files.

Recommendations For Serendipity versions 1.0.3 and earlier, update to a version later than 1.0.3 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the affected scripts and plugins until a patch is available. Avoid using the serendipity[charset] parameter in affected API endpoints until the issue is resolved.

Exploit

Fix

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

CVE-2006-6242

Affected Products

Serendipity

References · 7

• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/21367 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://s9y.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=7922 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/2869 · Exploit
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4782 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-6242 · Security Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6242 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30615 · Note